“Joss would come to understand that this position – respecting, admiring, and identifying with women while acknowledging the objectifying influence of the male gaze – helped him create female characters that worked and connected with an audience. “You can’t write from a political agenda and make stories that are in any way emotional or iconic. You have to write it from a place that’s a little dark, that has to do with passion and lust and things you don’t want to talk about.”
